U.S. Policy in the Middle East

The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian, founding director of Rice University’s Baker Institute, will discuss the Arab Awakening and its implications for U.S. national security interests, foreign policy and public diplomacy. Djerejian’s career in the U.S. Foreign Service spanned the administrations of eight presidents from John F. Kennedy to William J. Clinton, and included appointments as the U.S. ambassador to Israel and to the Syrian Arab Republic. He is a leading expert on national security, foreign policy and the complex political, security, economic, religious and ethnic issues of the Middle East and South Asia. He has played key roles in the Arab-Israeli peace process and regional conflict resolution.